This document describes the features, caveats, and limitations for Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) software for use on the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches, the Cisco Nexus 31128PQ switch, and the Cisco Nexus 3164Q switch. Use this document in combination with documents listed in Related Documentation, page 18.
Note: Starting with Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(1), the Cisco NX-OS image filename has changed to start with "nxos" instead of "n9000."
Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.
Table 1. Online History Change
Date |
Description |
April 25, 2016 |
Created the release notes for Release 7.0(3)I2(2d). |
May 25, 2016 |
■ Added Cisco Nexus 9408 Line Card and 9300 Series Leaf Switches section ■ Added to FEX limitations: VTEP connected to FEX host interface ports is not supported. ■ Added to the Supported FEX Modules section: Note: For Cisco Nexus 9500 switches, 4x10G breakout for FEX connectivity is not supported. Native 10G or 40G should be used. |
June 6, 2016 |
■ Updated Table 2 ■ Added link to Cisco Nexus 31128PQ Switch - Read Me First |
December 8, 2016 |
■ Updated the DHCP entry in the Unsupported Features section. |
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Cisco NX-OS software is a data center-class operating system designed for performance, resiliency, scalability, manageability, and programmability at its foundation. The Cisco NX-OS software provides a robust and comprehensive feature set that meets the requirements of virtualization and automation in mission-critical data center environments. The modular design of the Cisco NX-OS operating system makes zero-impact operations a reality and enables exceptional operational flexibility.
The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series uses an enhanced version of Cisco NX-OS software with a single binary image that supports every switch in the series, which simplifies image management.
This section includes the following sections:
■ Supported Cisco Software Releases
Table 2 summarizes information about the Cisco Nexus platforms and software release versions that Cisco OpenFlow Plug-in supports.
Table 2. Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow Compatibility Matrix
Switches |
Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow |
Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches and Cisco Nexus 31128PQ switches NX-OS 7.0(3)I2(1) |
ofa-2.1.0-r1-nxos-SPA-k9.ova |
Table 3 lists the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series hardware that Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) supports. For additional information about the supported hardware, see the Hardware Installation Guide for your Cisco Nexus 9000 Series device.
Table 3. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Hardware
Product ID |
Hardware |
Quantity |
N9K-C9516 |
Cisco Nexus 9516 16-slot chassis |
1 |
N9K-C9516-FM |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series fabric module |
3-6 depending on the line card |
N9K-C9516-FAN |
Cisco Nexus 9516 fan trays |
3 |
N9K-C9508 |
Cisco Nexus 9508 8-slot chassis |
1 |
N9K-C9508-FM |
Cisco Nexus 9508 Series fabric module |
3-6 depending on the line card |
N9K-C9508-FAN |
Cisco Nexus 9508 fan trays |
3 |
N9K-X9564PX |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 48-port, 1-/10-Gbps SFP+ plus 4-port QSFP I/O module |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-X9564TX |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 48-port, 1-/10-Gbps BASE-T plus 4-port QSFP I/O module |
■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-X9536PQ |
Cisco Nexus 9500 36-port, 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP aggregation module |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-X9636PQ |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 36-port 40-Gigabit QSFP I/O module Note: Not supported on the Cisco Nexus 9516 switch (N9K-C9516). |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 |
N9K-X9464PX |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 48-port 10-Gigabit SFP+ plus 4-port QSFP I/O module |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-X9464TX |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 48-port 10-GBASE-T plus 4-port QSFP I/O module |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-X9432PQ |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 32-port 40-Gigabit QSFP I/O module Note: The Cisco Nexus X9432PQ I/O module supports static breakout. |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-X9408PC-CFP2 |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 8-port 100-Gigabit CFP2 I/O module for the Cisco Nexus 9504, 9508, and 9516 modular switches |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 16 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-SC-A |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series System Controller Module |
2 |
N9K-SUP-A |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series supervisor module |
2 |
N9K-SUP-B |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series supervisor B module |
2 |
N9K-PAC-3000W-B |
Cisco Nexus 9500 Series 3000 W AC power supply |
■ Up to 4 in the Cisco Nexus 9504 ■ Up to 8 in the Cisco Nexus 9508 ■ Up to 10 in the Cisco Nexus 9516 |
N9K-C9504 |
Cisco Nexus 9504 4-slot chassis |
1 |
N9K-C9504-FM |
Cisco Nexus 9504 fabric module |
3 to 6 depending on line card |
N9K-C9504-FAN |
Cisco Nexus 9504 fan trays |
3 |
N9K-C9396PX |
Cisco Nexus 9300 48-port, 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ and 12-port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSPF switch |
1 |
N9K-C9396TX |
Cisco Nexus 9300 48-port, 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet BASE-T and 12-port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP switch |
1 |
N9K-C9372PX |
Cisco Nexus 9300 48-port, 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ and 6-port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP switch |
1 |
N9K-C9372PX-E |
An enhanced version of the N9K-C9372PX. |
|
N9K-C9372TX |
Cisco Nexus 9300 48-port, 1/10-Gigabit Ethernet BASE-T and 6-port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP switch |
1 |
N9K-C9332PQ |
Cisco Nexus 9300 32-port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP switch with support for 4x10G breakout mode ■ Ports 1 to 26 (except 13 and 14) support 4x10G breakout mode. ■ Ports 27 to 32 (Application Link Engine uplink ports) support using QSFP to SFP/SFP+ Adapter (QSA) for 10G SFP/SFP+ transceivers in QSFP+ ports |
1 |
N9K-C93128TX |
Cisco Nexus 9300 switch with 96 1-/10-Gigabit BASE-T ports and eight 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSPF ports (The 1-/10-Gigabit BASE-T ports also support a speed of 100 Megabits.) |
1 |
N9K-C93120TX |
Cisco Nexus 93120TX switch with 96 1-/10-Gigabit BASE-T ports and 6 QSFP uplink ports |
|
N9K-PAC-650W |
Cisco Nexus 9300 650 W AC power supply, hot air out (red) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 9396 switch (N9K-C9396PX). |
2 or less |
N9K-PAC-650W-B |
Cisco Nexus 9300 650 W AC power supply, cold air in (blue) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 9396 switch (N9K-C9396PX). |
2 or less |
N9K-PAC-1200W |
Cisco Nexus 9300 1200 W AC power supply, hot air out (red) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 93128 switch (N9K-C93128TX). |
2 or less |
N9K-PAC-1200W-B |
Cisco Nexus 9300 1200 W AC power supply, cold air in (blue) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 93128 switch (N9K-C93128TX). |
2 or less |
N9K-C9300-FAN1 |
Cisco Nexus 9300 fan 1, hot air out (red) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 9396 switch (N9K-C9396PX). |
3 |
N9K-C9300-FAN1-B |
Cisco Nexus 9300 fan 1, cold air in (blue) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 9396 switch (N9K-C9396PX). |
3 |
N9K-C9300-FAN2 |
Cisco Nexus 9300 fan 2, port side intake (red) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 93128 switch (N9K-C93128TX). |
3 |
N9K-C9300-FAN2-B |
Cisco Nexus 9300 fan 2, port side exhaust (blue) Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 93128 switch (N9K-C93128TX). |
3 |
NXA-FAN-30CFM-F |
Cisco Nexus 9300 fan, port-side exhaust Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 9332PQ, 9372PX, and 9372TX switches (N9K-C9332PQ, N9K-C9372PX, and N9K-9372TX). |
4 |
NXA-FAN-30CFM-B |
Cisco Nexus 9300 fan, port-side intake Note: For use with the Cisco Nexus 9332PQ, 9372PX, and 9372TX switches (N9K-C9332PQ, N9K-C9372PX, and N9K-9372TX). |
4 |
N9K-M12PQ |
Cisco Nexus GEM (Generic Expansion Module) 9300 uplink module, 12-port, 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSPF Note: The front-panel ports on these GEM modules do not support auto negotiation with copper cables. Manually configure the speed on the peer switch. |
1 (required) |
N9K-M6PQ |
Cisco Nexus GEM 6-port 40-Gigabit Ethernet uplink module for the Cisco Nexus 9396PX, 9396TX, and 93128TX switches Note: The front-panel ports on these GEM modules do not support auto negotiation with copper cables. Manually configure the speed on the peer switch. |
1 |
N9K-M6PQ-E |
An enhanced version of the N9K-M6PQ. |
|
N9K-M4PC-CFP2 |
Cisco Nexus 9300 uplink module for the 93128TX (2 active ports), 9396PX (4 active ports), and 9396TX (4 active ports) Top-of-rack switches |
1 |
Table 4 lists the Cisco Nexus 3164Q switch hardware that Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) supports.
Table 4. Cisco Nexus 3164Q Switch Hardware
Product ID |
Hardware |
Quantity |
N3K-C3164Q-40GE |
Cisco Nexus 3164Q switch |
1 |
N9K-C9300-FAN3 |
Cisco Nexus 3164Q fan module |
3 |
N9K-PAC-1200W |
Cisco Nexus 3164Q 1200W AC power supply |
2 |
For additional information about the supported hardware, see the Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Hardware Installation Guide.
Table 5 lists the Cisco Nexus 31128PQ switch hardware that Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) supports.
Table 5. Cisco Nexus 31128PQ Switch Hardware
Product ID |
Hardware |
Quantity |
N3K-C31128PQ-10GE |
Nexus 31128PQ, 96 SFP+ ports, 8 QSFP+ ports, 2RU switch |
1 |
See the Cisco 10-Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver Modules Compatibility Matrix for a list of supported optical components.
Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) supports the following FEXes on Cisco Nexus 9332PQ (support for 2300 only), 9372PX, 9372PX-E, 9396PX and 9500 Series Switches:
■ Cisco Nexus 2224TP
■ Cisco Nexus 2232PP
■ Cisco Nexus 2232TM and 2232TM-E
■ Cisco Nexus 2248PQ
■ Cisco Nexus 2248TP and 2248TP-E
■ Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ
■ Cisco Nexus B22Dell
■ Cisco Nexus B22HP
■ Cisco Nexus NB22FTS
■ Cisco Nexus NB22IBM
■ Cisco Nexus 2348TQ
Note: Please note the following:
■ Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches do not support FEX on uplink modules (Application Link Engine).
■ For FEX HIF (Host Interface) port channels, Cisco recommends that you enable STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) port type edge using the spanning tree port type edge [trunk] command.
■ The following Cisco FEX Switches have 40G QSFP uplinks as network interfaces:
¯ 2248PQ
¯ 2348UPQ
¯ 2348TQ
To connect the above FEX(es) to a Cisco Nexus 9396PX ToR, a Cisco Nexus 9372PX ToR, or a supported Cisco Nexus 9500 10G line card, a set of breakout cables is required.
Note: For Cisco Nexus 9500 switches, 4x10G breakout for FEX connectivity is not supported. Native 10G or 40G should be used.
This section lists the following topics:
■ New Hardware Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)
■ New Software Features in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)
Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) does not include new hardware features.
Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) does not include new software features.
This section includes the following topics:
■ Resolved Caveats—Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)
■ Open Caveats—Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)
Table 6 lists the Resolved Caveats in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d). Click the bug ID to access the Bug Search tool and see additional information about the bug.
Table 6 Resolved Caveats in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)
Record Number |
Description |
pim hap reset is seen on multiple switches with Auto-RP configurations. |
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SNMPD process crashes and restarts when overloaded with too many client requests. |
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Packets are dropped in the HIF vPC (virtual Port Channel). |
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Netstack panic crash occurs due to a buffer lockup. |
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Modules are not responding on the EOBC path. |
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A "Power supply 2 failed or shutdown" error message is seen intermittently. |
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The XML and JSON output for show ip dhcp relay address displays an incorrect IP, and the XML and JSON output for show ip dhcp relay displays "unknown enum" in fields that should be specified as “disabled.” |
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The XML and JSON output for show ip dhcp relay addr' xml|json-pretty does not display “null” for default VRFs. |
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snmpwalk execution time on a tunnel interface may take 3 seconds. |
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mgmt0 interface significantly delays the snmpwalk execution time. |
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QSFP ports using a CVR-QSFP-SFP10G and a 1 Gb transceiver is unable to pass any traffic due to the peer interface remaining in down state. |
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Cisco Nexus 2300 Series FEX reports fan failures intermittently. |
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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches fail the FTP transfer when the user password is embedded. |
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Internal MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) ignores the MTU configuration in the system network-qos and remains set to 1500. |
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BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and ACL (Access Control List) regex throws this error: "Invalid characters in regular expression." |
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Cisco Nexus 9372 40G ports have an interoperability issue between the PaloAlt Network when working as 10G. |
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MSDP session socket error is seen after keeping the MSDP session shut for 8 hours. |
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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches with 7.0(3)I2(x) and 7.0(3)I3(1) code log the following errors during boot: 2016 Mar 22 18:17:25 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ Mar 22 18:17:25 %KERN-2-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 9.198466] Initializing NVRAM Block 7 - kernel 2016 Mar 22 18:17:25 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ Mar 22 18:17:25 %KERN-2-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 9.994827] hwport mode=6type 2. mod_no 0, inst_no 0 - kernel 2016 Mar 22 18:17:25 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ Mar 22 18:17:25 %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 38.824678] [1458670644] Thermal event. Therm Status: 0x880003c3 - kernel 2016 Mar 22 18:17:25 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ Mar 22 18:17:25 %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 38.824689] [1458670644] Thermal event. Therm Status: 0x88040000 - kernel 2016 Mar 22 18:17:25 switch %$ VDC-1 %$ Mar 22 18:17:25 %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 38.825696] |
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When the BGP peer goes down, the following error shows up in the log: bgp[#]: Error! cancelling timer <Value>: Invalid set id (0 | other) |
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VXLAN: The Layer 3 VNI fails to come up after removing or adding the VRF, VLAN, and context. |
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A 10G Copper Interoperability issue occurs with Intel X540-AT2 NICs. |
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Commands, such as switchport, no switchport, or channel-group X mode active, will take 3-4 mins to apply. The bringup of the link takes additional time, and when it comes back up, the MAC addresses are sometimes incorrectly learned on individual interfaces instead of the port-channel. |
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ISIS adjacency is not forming due to an MTU mismatch. |
Table 7 lists the open caveats in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d). Click the bug ID to access the Bug Search tool and see additional information about the bug.
Table 7 Open Caveats in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)
Bug ID |
Description |
HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol) packet decoding fails with an assertion error. |
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VLANs are suspended if one has a QoS policy but the TCAM is not configured. |
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Microsoft NLB (Network Load Balancing) traffic being routed into the destination VLAN is experiencing packet loss. |
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show policy-map type queuing does not show statistics for FEX HIF interfaces. |
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When QoS Lite TCAM is configured, policer violated statistics shown as part of the show policy-map interface command are reported as 0 instead of NA (Not-Applicable). |
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When copying the tunnel configuration file to running, the tunnel may flap before stabilizing. |
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Policer action is not supported when a QoS policy of type “qos” is applied with the no-stats keyword. |
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Although there are no QoS classification policies currently active on any of the FEX HIF interfaces, the show incompatibility command still reports FEX QoS incompatibility during downgrade from 3.2 to earlier versions of software. |
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Traffic cannot be routed using policy-based routing if the next-hop reachability is across the vPC peer link and the local vPC leg is down. |
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ERPSAN (Encapsulated Remote Switch Port Analyzer) sessions with a destination on the port-channel sub-interface are not supported. |
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When a remote end of a vPC port channel member is shut down, the local end takes ~10 seconds to shut down. This only occurs when the port channel is 'active' (i.e., has LACP enabled). |
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Vntag-mgr times out after changing VLANS for a range of 20 vPC port-channels. |
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When reloading the active supervisor, the standby supervisor also reloads. During the reload process, the Service Policy Manager (SPM) cannot send data to the standby supervisor. A syslog is observed, notifying the active supervisor that the SPM has not successfully updated its data base to the standby supervisor. The active supervisor reloads the standby supervisor again, and the standby supervisor eventually reaches a good standby state. |
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ERSPAN (Encapsulated Remote Switch Port Analyzer) packets are dropped on the intermediate switches if more than one ERSPAN session resolves over 40 Gigabit uplinks on a ToR. |
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ITD policy is shown in no shut state. However, no policy is actually applied to the ingress policy if an invalid ACL is used for "exclude." |
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Packets are accepted on HIF port channel members in suspended state. |
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For single label mpls/stripped tap-agg packets, when the mpls strip dest-mac xxxx.xxxx.xxxx CLI is configured, DMAC is not re-written on the modular (EOR) setup. The same will work on ToRs. |
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Dynamic Twice NAT CLIs are not removable after upgrading the switch to 7.0(3)I2(1). Also, the Dynamic Twice NAT outside entry is not programmed in the hardware. |
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When policy-map is copied through qos copy policy-map, the newly created policy-map cannot be modified or deleted. |
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Packets entering on NS-PO ports are encapped with inner dot1q. |
To perform a software upgrade, follow the installation instructions in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide.
Note: When upgrading to 7.0(3)I2(2d), Guest Shell automatically upgrades from 1.0 to 2.0. In the process, the contents of the guest shell 1.0 root filesystem will be lost. To keep from losing important content, copy any needed files to /bootflash or an off-box location before upgrading to 7.0(3)I2(2d).
Disable the Guest Shell if you need to downgrade from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) to an earlier release.
Note:
■ Downgrading with PVLANs configured is only supported with 6.1(2)I3(4x) releases.
■ For a boot-variable change and reload to a 7.0(3)I1(1x) release, the PVLAN process is not brought up, and the PVLAN ports are kept down. For a boot-variable change to the 6.1(2)I3(3) release and earlier, an ASCII replay will be tried, but feature PVLANs and other PVLAN configurations will fail.
For information about software maintenance upgrades, see the “Performing Software Maintenance Upgrades” section in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
Note: If you perform a software maintenance upgrade (SMU) and later upgrade your device to a new Cisco NX-OS software release, the new image will overwrite both the previous Cisco NX-OS release and the SMU package file.
This section lists limitations related to Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d).
■ Generation 1 100G line cards (N9K-X9408PC-CFP2) and generic expansion modules (N9K-M4PC-CFP2) only support 40G flows.
■ N9K-X9408PC-CFP2 line cards do not support port channeling.
■ In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU) are not supported on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches.
■ CoPP (Control Plane Policing) cannot be disabled. If you attempt to disable it in Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d), an error message appears. In previous releases, attempting to disable CoPP causes packets to be rate limited at 50 packets per seconds.
■ Skip CoPP policy option has been removed from the Cisco NX-OS initial setup utility because using it can impact the control plane of the network.
■ hardware profile front portmode command is not supported on the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches.
■ PV (Port VLAN) configuration through an interface range is not supported.
■ Layer 3 routed traffic for missing Layer 2 adjacency information is not flooded back onto VLAN members of ingress units when the source MAC address of routed traffic is a non-VDC (Virtual Device Context) MAC address. This limitation is for hardware flood traffic and can occur when the SVI (Switched Virtual Interface) has a user-configured MAC address.
■ neighbor-down fib-accelerate command is supported in a BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)-only environment.
■ Uplink modules should not be removed from a Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switch that is running Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d). The ports on uplink modules should be used only for uplinks.
■ PortLoopback and BootupPortLoopback tests are not supported.
■ Priority flow control (PFC) and link-level flow control (LLFC) are supported for all Cisco Nexus 9300 and 9500 Series hardware except for the 100G 9408PC line card and the 100G M4PC generic expansion module (GEM).
■ FEXes configured with 100/full-duplex speed, without explicitly configuring the neighboring device with 100/full-duplex speed, will not pass data packet traffic properly. This occurs with or without the link appearing to be “up.”
¯ no speed–Auto negotiates and advertises all speeds (only full duplex).
¯ speed 100–Does not auto negotiate; pause cannot be advertised. The peer must be set to not auto negotiate (only 100 Mbps full duplex is supported).
¯ speed 1000–Auto negotiates and advertises pause (advertises only for 1000 Mbps full duplex).
■ Eight QoS groups are supported only on modular platforms with the Cisco Nexus 9300 N9K-M4PC-CFP2 uplink module, and the following Cisco Nexus 9500 Series line cards:
¯ N9K-X9636PQ
¯ N9K-X9464PX
¯ N9K-X9464TX
¯ N9K-X9432PQ
■ Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d) supports flooding for Microsoft Network Load Balancing (NLB) unicast mode on Cisco Nexus 9500 Series switches but not on Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches. NLB is not supported in max-host system routing mode. NLB multicast mode is not supported on Cisco Nexus 9500 or 9300 Series switches.
Note: To work around the situation of Unicast NLB limitation, Cisco can statically hard code the address resolution protocol (ARP) and MAC address pointing to the correct interface. Please refer to bug ID CSCuq03168 in detail in the “Open Caveats—Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I2(2d)” section.
■ TCAM resources are not shared when:
¯ Routed ACL (Access Control List) is applied to multiple SVIs in the egress direction
¯ Applying VACL (VLAN ACL) to multiple VLANs
■ Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch hardware does not support range checks (layer 4 operators) in egress TCAM. Because of this, ACL/QoS policies with layer 4 operations-based classification need to be expanded to multiple entries in the egress TCAM. Egress TCAM space planning should take this limitation into account.
■ Applying the same QoS policy and ACL on multiple interfaces requires applying the qos-policy with the no-stats option to share the label.
■ Multiple port VLAN mappings configured on an interface during a rollback operation causes the rollback feature to fail.
■ The following switches support QSFP+ with the QSA (QSFP to SFP/SFP+ Adapter) (40G to 10G QSA):
¯ N9K-C93120TX
¯ N9K-C93128TX
¯ N9K-C9332PQ
¯ N9K-C9372PX
¯ N9K-C9372PX-E
¯ N9K-C9372TX
¯ N9K-C9396PX
¯ N9K-C9396TX
Note: The Cisco Nexus 9300 support for the QSFP+ breakout has the following limitations:
■ Only 10G can be supported using QSA on 40G uplink ports on N9300 switches in NX-OS.
■ 1G with QSA is not supported.
■ For the Cisco Nexus 9332PQ switch, all ports except 13-14 and 27-32 can support breakout
■ All ports in the QSA speed group must operate at the same speed (see the configuration guide)
■ The following switches support the breakout cable (40G ports to 4x10G ports):
¯ N9K-C9332PQ
¯ N9K-X9436PQ
¯ N9K-X9536PQ
■ Weighted ECMP (Equal-Cost Multi-Path) Nexus 3000 feature is not supported on the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switch.
■ Limitations for ALE (Application Link Engine) uplink ports are listed at the following URL:
This section provides guidelines and limitations for configuring private VLANs.
■ Secondary and Primary VLAN Configuration
■ Private VLAN Port Configuration
■ Limitations with Other Features
Private VLANs have the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
■ Private VLANs must be enabled before the device can apply the private VLAN functionality.
■ VLAN interface feature must be enabled before the device can apply this functionality.
■ VLAN network interfaces for all VLANs that you plan to configure as secondary VLANs should be shut down before being configured.
■ When a static MAC is created on a regular VLAN, and then that VLAN is converted to a secondary VLAN, the Cisco NX-OS maintains the MAC that was configured on the secondary VLAN as the static MAC.
■ Private VLANs support port modes as follows:
¯ Promiscuous
¯ Promiscuous trunk
¯ Isolated host
¯ Isolated host trunk
¯ Community host
■ When configuring PVLAN promiscuous or PVLAN isolated trunks, it is recommended to allow non-private VLANs in the list specified by the switchport private-vlan trunk allowed id command.
■ Private VLANs are mapped or associated depending on the PVLAN trunk mode.
■ Private VLANs support the following:
¯ PACLs (Port Access Control Lists)
¯ RACLs (Router Access Control Lists)
¯ Layer 2 forwarding
¯ PVLAN across switches through a regular trunk port
■ Private VLANs support SVIs as follows:
¯ SVI allowed only on primary VLANs
¯ Primary and secondary IPs on the SVI
¯ HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol) on the primary SVI
■ Private VLANs support STP as follows:
¯ RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
¯ MST (Multiple Spanning Tree)
■ Private VLANs port mode is not supported on the following:
¯ 40G interfaces of the Cisco Nexus C9396PX or Cisco Nexus C93128TX
¯ Cisco Nexus 3164Q
■ Private VLANs do not provide port mode support for the following:
¯ Port channels
¯ vPCs (Virtual Port Channels) interfaces
■ Private VLANs do not provide support on breakout.
■ Private VLANs do not provide support for the following:
¯ IP multicast or IGMP snooping
¯ DHCP (Dynamic Host Channel Protocol) snooping
¯ PVLAN QoS
¯ VACLs
¯ VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP)
¯ Tunnels
¯ VXLANs
¯ SPAN (Switch Port Analyzer) when the source is a PVLAN VLAN
■ Shared interfaces cannot be configured to be part of a private VLAN. For more details, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide.
■ Configuring multiple isolated VLAN configurations per PVLAN group is allowed by the Cisco NX-OS CLI. However, such a configuration is not supported. A PVLAN group can have at most one isolated VLAN.
Follow these guidelines when configuring secondary or primary VLANs in private VLANs:
■ Default VLANs (VLAN1), or any of the internally allocated VLANs, cannot be configured as primary or secondary VLANs.
■ VLAN configuration (config-vlan) mode must be used to configure private VLANs.
■ Primary VLANs can have multiple isolated and community VLANs associated with it. An isolated or community VLAN can be associated with only one primary VLAN.
■ Private VLANs provide host isolation at Layer 2. However, hosts can communicate with each other at Layer 3.
■ PVLAN groups can have one isolated VLAN at most. Multiple isolated VLAN configurations per primary VLAN configurations are not supported.
■ When a secondary VLAN is associated with the primary VLAN, the STP parameters of the primary VLAN, such as bridge priorities, are propagated to the secondary VLAN. However, STP parameters do not necessarily propagate to other devices. You should manually check the STP configuration to ensure that the spanning tree topologies for the primary, isolated, and community VLANs match exactly so that the VLANs can properly share the same forwarding database.
■ For normal trunk ports, note the following:
¯ Separate instances of STP exist for each VLAN in the private VLAN.
¯ STP parameters for the primary and all secondary VLANs must match.
¯ Primary and all associated secondary VLANs should be in the same MST instance.
■ For non-trunking ports, STP is aware only of the primary VLAN for any private VLAN host port; STP runs only on the primary VLAN for all private VLAN ports.
Note: Cisco recommends that you enable BPDU Guard on all ports that you configure as a host port; do not enable this feature on promiscuous ports.
■ Private VLAN promiscuous trunk ports allow you to configure a maximum of 16 private VLAN primary and secondary VLAN pairs on each promiscuous trunk port.
■ For private VLAN isolated trunk ports, note the following:
¯ You can configure a maximum of 16 private VLAN primary and secondary VLAN pairs on each isolated trunk port.
¯ The native VLAN must be either a normal VLAN or a private VLAN secondary VLAN. You cannot configure a private VLAN primary port as the native VLAN for a private VLAN isolated trunk port.
■ Downgrading a system that has private VLAN ports configured requires unconfiguring the ports.
■ Before configuring a VLAN as a secondary VLAN, you must shut down the VLAN network interface for the secondary VLAN.
Follow these guidelines when configuring private VLAN ports:
■ Use only the private VLAN configuration commands to assign ports to primary, isolated, or community VLANs.
■ Layer 2 access ports that are assigned to the VLANs that you configure as primary, isolated, or community VLANs are inactive while the VLAN is part of the private VLAN configuration. Layer 2 trunk interfaces, which may carry private VLANs, are active and remain part of the STP database.
■ Deleting a VLAN used in the private VLAN configuration causes private VLAN ports (promiscuous ports or host ports, not trunk ports) that are associated with the VLAN to become inactive.
Consider these configuration limitations with other features when configuring private VLANs:
Note: In some cases, the configuration is accepted with no error messages, but the commands have no effect.
■ Ensure consistent PVLAN type, states and configuration across vPC peers. There is currently no PVLAN consistency check for vPC. Inconsistent PVLAN configs across vPV peers may end up in incorrect forwarding and impacts.
■ Private VLAN ports can be configured as SPAN source ports.
■ Private VLAN host or promiscuous ports cannot be SPAN destination ports.
■ Destination SPAN ports cannot be isolated ports. However, a source SPAN port can be an isolated port.
■ After configuring the association between the primary and secondary VLANs:
¯ Dynamic MAC addresses that learned the secondary VLANs are aged out.
¯ Static MAC addresses for the secondary VLANs cannot be created.
■ After configuring the association between the primary and secondary VLANs and deleting the association, all static MAC addresses that were created on the primary VLANs remain on the primary VLAN only.
■ In private VLANs, STP controls only the primary VLAN.
Note: See the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide for information on configuring static MAC addresses.
This section lists features that are not supported in the current release.
■ VXLAN
■ DHCP
■ FEX
■ Cisco Nexus 9408 Line Card and 9300 Series Leaf Switches
This section lists VXLAN features that are not supported.
■ TX SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer) for VXLAN traffic is not supported for the access-to-network direction.
■ QoS classification is not supported for VXLAN traffic in the network-to-access direction.
■ QoS buffer-boost is not applicable for VXLAN traffic.
■ ACL and QoS for VXLAN traffic in the network-to-access direction is not supported.
■ Native VLANs for VXLAN are not supported. All traffic on VXLAN Layer 2 trunks needs to be tagged.
■ Consistency checkers are not supported for VXLAN tables.
■ VXLAN routing and VXLAN Bud Nodes features on the 3164Q platform are not supported.
■ DHCP snooping and DAI features are not supported on VXLAN VLANs.
■ IGMP snooping is not supported on VXLAN VLANs.
■ Static MAC pointing to remote VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel End Point) is not supported with BGP Ethernet VPN (EVPN).
The following ACL related features are not supported:
■ Ingress RACL that is applied on an uplink Layer 3 interface that matches on the inner or outer payload in the network-to-access direction (decapsulated path)
■ Egress RACL that is applied on an uplink Layer 3 interface that matches on the inner or outer payload in the access-to-network direction (encapsulated path)
■ Egress VACL for decapsulated VXLAN traffic
Cisco recommends that you use a PACL or VACL on the access side to filter out traffic entering the overlay network.
DHCP subnet broadcast is not supported. Even though this feature is not supported, the CLI is still present to enable DHCP relay subnet broadcast via the ip dhcp relay subnet-broadcast command. If this command is enabled on multiple SVIs, the following issues might result:
■ TCAM exhaustion for the redirect region due to the number of entries which are required to be programmed.
■ After reload of the box or even shut/no-shut of interfaces (which are carrying the VLANs with relay configured), it might result in a situation where the TCAM is incorrectly or incompletely programmed for the redirect region.
■ VTEP connected to FEX host interface ports is not supported.
■ FEX is supported only on the Cisco Nexus 9332PQ, 9372PX, 9372PX-E and 9396PX and 9500 switches. It is not supported on the other Cisco Nexus 9300 Series.
■ Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches do not support FEX on uplink modules (ALE).
■ FEX vPC is not supported between any model of FEX and the Nexus 9300 (TOR) and 9500 Switches (EOR) as the parent switches.
■ ASCII replay with FEX needs be done twice for HIF configurations to be applied. The second time should be done after the FEXs have come up.
■ IPSG (IP Source Guard) is not supported on FEX ports.
The following features are not supported for the Cisco Nexus line card (N9K-X9408PC-CFP2) and Cisco Nexus 9300 Series leaf switches with generic expansion modules (N9K-M4PC-CFP2):
■ Breakout ports
■ Port-channel (No LACP)
■ vPC
■ MCT (Multichassis EtherChannel Trunk)
■ FEX
■ PTP (Precision Time Protocol)
■ PFC/LLFC
■ 802.3x
■ PVLAN
■ Storm Control
■ VXLAN access port.
■ SPAN destination/ERSPAN destination IP
■ Shaping support on 100g port is limited
The following lists other features not supported in the current release:
■ Due to a Poodle vulnerability, SSLv3 is no longer supported.
■ Cisco Nexus 9300 Series switches do not support the 64-bit ALPM routing mode.
■ IPSG is not supported on the following:
¯ The last six 40G physical ports on the 9372PX, 9372TX, and 9332PQ switches
¯ All 40G physical ports on the 9396PX, 9396TX, and 93128TX switches
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